PhD dissertations (from 2008 onwards)

2011

Rebers, S. (2011, January 26). The evolution of collective action. Experimental investigations of theories of cultural group selection. Prom.: prof. dr. Koopmans.

Ruigrok, I.M. (2011, January). Negotiating Governance:: Politics, Culture and the State in Post-war Angola. Prom./comprom.: prof.dr. G.J. Abbink & prof.dr. M.R. Doornbos

Glasner, T.J. (2011, April 29). Reconstructing event histories in standardized survey research:: Cognitive mechanisms and aided recall techniques. Prom./comprom.: dr. M.T.M. Dijkstra & dr. W. van der Vaart.

Velde, K. van de (2011, May). Flirten met God: Religiositeit zonder geloof.

Verbeek, G. (2011, May 12). Zorg: een kwestie van tijd. Afstemming van zorgverlening en organisatie op tijdsperspectieven van cliënten.

Ngo, T.T.T (2011, May 24). The new way: becoming christian hmong in northern highland Vietnam. Prom./comprom.: prof. dr. O.J.H.M. Salemink, prof.dr. B. Meyer & prof.dr. N. Nguyen Van Huy.

Lombarts, A.A.L.M. (2011, May 26). Citymarketing in Amsterdam. Een organisatieantropologische studie van het publiek-private samenwerkingsverband op citymarketinggebied in Amsterdam.

Bahlmann, M. (2011, June 23). Buzzing across boundaries. An inquiry into the Amsterdam IT and new media-cluster from a knowledge-based perspective. Prom./coprom.: prof. dr. T. Elfring, prof. dr. M.H. Huysman & prof. dr. P. Groenewegen.

Klaver, M. (2011, June 30). This is my Desire. A Semiotic Perspective on Conversion in an Evangelical Seeker Church and a Pentecostal Church in the Netherlands. Prom./comprom.: prof.dr. A.F. Droogers, prof.dr. C. van der Kooi, dr. P.G.A. Versteeg.

Lettinga, D.N. (2011, July 4). Framing the hijab. The governance of intersecting religious, ethnic and gender differences in France, the Netherlands and Germany. Prom./coprom.: prof.dr. S. Saharso, dr. C.M. Roggeband & prof.dr. R. Koopmans.

Kamp, L. van de. (2011, September 16). Violent conversion:Brazilian Pentecostalism and the urban pioneering of women in Mozambique. Prom./comprom.: prof.dr. A.F. Droogers & dr. R.A. van Dijk.

Pontier, M.A. (2011, September 19). Virtual Agents for Human Communication: Emotion Regulation and Involvement-Distance Trade-Offs in Embodied Conversational Agents and Robots. Prom./coprom.: prof.dr. E.A. Konijn, prof.dr. J. Treur, dr. T. Bosse & dr. J.F. Hoorn.

Tolkacheva, N.V. (2011, September 19). Sharing the care of older parents . Prom./coprom.: prof.dr. T.G. van Tilburg & dr. M.I. Broese van Groenou.

Woets, R. (2011, September 27). What is This? Framing Ghanaian art from the colonial encounter to the present. Prom./coprom.: prof.dr. B. Meyer.

Taht, K. (2011, October 27). Causes and consequences of non-standard schedule work. Prom./coprom.: prof.dr. H.B.G. Ganzeboom.

Klepper, M.C. de (2011, October 28). Dynamics of intra-organizational networks: Four case studies on social selection and influence. Prom./coprom.: prof.dr. T.A.B. Snijders & prof.dr. P. Groenewegen.

Verbree, M. (2011, November 17). Dynamics of Academic Leadership in Research Groups. Prom./coprom.: prof.dr. P.A.A. van den Besselaar & dr. I.C.M. van der Weijden.

2010

Bakker, H.J. (2010, December 06) (external). Idea management. Unravelling creative processes in three professional organizations. VU Vrije Universiteit (241 pag.) (Den Haag: Han Bakker). Prom./coprom.: prof. dr. M.B. Veenswijk & dr. ir. F.K. Boersma.

Buis, M.L. (2010, July 02). Inequality of educational outcome and inequality of educational opportunity in the Netherlands during the 20th century. VU Vrije Universiteit (232 pag.) (Amsterdam: VU University Amsterdam). Prom./coprom.: prof. dr. H.B.G. Ganzeboom & dr. A.W. Hoogendoorn.

Duijnhoven, H.L. (2010, April 21). For security reasons. Narratives about security practices and organizational change in the Dutch and Spanish railway sector. VU Vrije Universiteit (280 pag.) (Amsterdam: VU University Press). Prom./coprom.: prof. dr. M.B. Veenswijk & dr. ir. F.K. Boersma.

Ersanilli, E.F. (2010, March 03). Comparing integration. Host culture adoption and ethnic retention among Turkish immigrants and their descendants in France, Germany and the Netherlands. VU Vrije Universiteit (191 pag.) (Amsterdam: VU University Press). Prom./coprom.: prof. dr. R. Koopmans & prof. dr. S. Saharso.

Gberie, L.A. (2010, February 03) (external). From Chains to Neckties: The Liberated Africans and the Making of Modern Sierra Leone. VU Vrije Universiteit (229 pag.) (Amsterdam: VU University Amsterdam). Prom./coprom.: prof. dr. S. Ellis & dr. M. Klein.

Guiaux, M. (2010, February 05). Social adjustment to widowhood: Changes in personal relationships and loneliness before and after partner loss. VU University (112 pag.). Prom./coprom.: prof. dr. T.G. van Tilburg & dr. M.I. Broese Van Groenou.

Hellendoorn, M. (2010, February 18). Kostwinners en verliezers: De consequenties van individualisering van inkomensvorming voor de economische positie van vrouwen (1950-1990); een sociologische analyse. VU Vrije Universiteit (346 pag.) (Amsterdam: Vrije Universiteit). Prom./coprom.: Prof. Dr. J.G.M. de Bruijn & prof. dr. C.J. van Kersbergen.

Jong, B.A. de (2010, June 15). Trust and Control in Teams. VU Vrije Universiteit (Amsterdam: VU University Amsterdam). Prom./coprom.: prof. dr. T. Elfring, dr. K.M. Bijlsma - Frankema & dr. G.G. van de Bunt.

Kamsma, M.J. (2010, April 28). The Jewish diasporascape in the straits. An ethnographic study of Jewish businesses across borders. VU Vrije Universiteit (267 pag.) (Amsterdam: VU Vrije Universiteit). Prom./coprom.: prof. dr. H. Dahles & dr. J.B.M. Koning.

Kobes, M. (2010, October 25). Understanding Human Behaviour in Fire. Validation of the Use of Serious Gaming for Research into Fire Safety Psychonomics. VU Vrije Universiteit (337 pag.) (Amsterdam: VU University Amsterdam). Prom./coprom.: prof. dr. I. Helsloot & prof.dr. B. de Vries.

Komp, K.S. (2010, September 13). The young old in Europe: Burden on or resource to the welfare state? VU University (140 pag.). Prom./coprom.: prof. dr. T.G. van Tilburg & dr. M.I. Broese Van Groenou.

Moerman, G.A. (2010, April 16). Probing behaviour in open interviews. A field experiment on the effects of probing tactics on quality and content of the received information. VU Vrije Universiteit (172 pag.) (Amsterdam: VU University Amsterdam). Prom./coprom.: prof. dr J. van der Zouwen & Dr. H. van den Berg.

Nguyen, T.A. (2010, April 22). Kinship as Social Capital: Economic, Social and Cultural Dimensions of Changing Kinship Relations in a Northern Vietnamese Village. VU Vrije Universiteit (274 pag.) (Amsterdam: VU University Amsterdam). Prom./coprom.: prof. dr. O.J.H.M. Salemink & dr. G.C.F. Thomese.

Reedijk, W. (2010, February 09). Roots and Routes. Identity, Construction and the Jewish Christian Muslim Dialogue. VU Vrije Universiteit (360 pag.) (Amsterdam/New York: Rodopi). Prom./coprom.: prof. dr. A.F. Droogers & prof. dr. H.M. Vroom.

Rickly, J. (2010, October 11). Negotiating Otherness in the Dutch Protestant World. Missionary and Diaconal Encounters between the Protestant Church in the Netherlands and Brazilian Organisations. VU Vrije Universiteit (314 pag.) (Amsterdam: VU University Amsterdam). Prom./coprom.: prof. dr. A.F. Droogers & dr. M.E.M. de Theije.

Salverda, T.S. (2010, March 05). Sugar, Sea and Power: How Franco-Mauritians Balance Continuity and Creeping Decline of their Elite Position. VU Vrije Universiteit (285 pag.) (Amsterdam: VU University Amsterdam, Faculty of Social Sciences). Prom./coprom.: prof.dr J. Abbink & dr. S.J.T.M. Evers.

Susilowati Prabawa, T. (2010, October 19). The tourism industry under crisis. The struggle of small tourism enterprises in Yogyakarta (Indonesia). VU Vrije Universiteit (343 pag.) ( in eigen beheer). Prom./coprom.: prof. dr. H. Dahles & dr. J.B.M. Koning.

2009

Bergen, D.D. van (2009, June 25). Suicidal behavior of young migrant women in the Netherlands: A comparative study of minority and majority women. VU Vrije Universiteit. Prom./coprom.: prof. dr. S. Saharso, dr. A.J.L.M. van Balkom, prof. dr. R. Koopmans & dr. J.H. Smit.

Bhagavatula, S. (2009, October 05). Weaving social networks: Performance of small rural firms in India as an outcome of entrepreneurs' social and human capital. VU Vrije Universiteit (156 pag.). Prom./coprom.: prof. dr. T. Elfring, dr. G.G. van de Bunt & A. van Tilburg.

Binnema, H.A. (2009, Mei 13). How parties change. EU integration and the flexible response of political parties. VU Vrije Universiteit (226 pag.) (Amsterdam / Enschede: Ipskamp Drukkers). Prom./coprom.: prof. dr. J.E. Keman & dr. P.J.M. Pennings.

Buscher, B.E. (2009, January 14). Struggles over consensus, anti-politics and marketing: Neoliberalism and transfrontier conservation and development in Southern Africa. VU Vrije Universiteit (372 pag.) (Amsterdam: Vrije Universiteit). Prom./coprom.: dr T. Dietz, prof. dr. H.W. Overbeek & Dr. Ir. L.B. Venema.

Essen, A.M. van (2009, October 07). Seeking a balance?! The emergence of new public management in new hospital payment systems in Germany, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. VU Vrije Universiteit (182 pag.) (Amsterdam / Enschede: Ipskamp Drukkers). Prom./coprom.: prof. dr. J.E. Keman, dr. P.J.M. Pennings & prof. mr. F.J. van Ommeren.

Grassiani, E. (2009, June 10). Morality and normalcy in a-symmetrical conflict: Distancing, denial and moral numbing among Israeli conscipts in everyday practices of occupation. VU Vrije Universiteit (248 pag.) (Amsterdam: Vrije Universiteit). Prom./coprom.: prof.dr J. Abbink, E. Ben-Ari & D. Verweij.

Horn, L.C. (2009, January 23). The transformation of corporate governance regulation in the European Union: Towards a marketisation of corporate control. VU Vrije Universiteit (220 pag.) (Amsterdam: Ipskamp Print Partners). Prom./coprom.: prof. dr. H.W. Overbeek & dr. E.B. van Apeldoorn.

Koningsbruggen, G.M. van (2009, June 11). Processing and acceptance of threatening health information. The impact of self-affirmation under different levels of self-threat. VU Vrije Universiteit. Prom./coprom.: prof. dr. P.A. Vorderer & dr. E.H.H.J. Das.

Koolma, H.M. (2009, January 18). Verhalen en prestaties: Een onderzoek naar het gedrag van woningcorporaties. VU Vrije Universiteit (776 pag.) (Rotterdam: Eigen beheer). Prom./coprom.: prof. dr. F. Fleurke & A. van Montfoort.

Linden, A. (2009, June 26). Besmet: Levenslopen en motieven van extreem-rechtse activisten in Nederland. VU Vrije Universiteit. Prom./coprom.: prof. dr. P.G. Klandermans.

Perry, J. (2009, June 26). Goodwill hunting. Accounting and the global regulation of economic ideas. VU Vrije Universiteit (216 pag.) (Amsterdam). Prom./coprom.: prof. dr. H.W. Overbeek & dr. E.B. van Apeldoorn.

Plaisier, I. (2009, November 26). Work and mental health: studies on the impact of job characteristics, social roles and gender. VU Vrije Universiteit (Amsterdam). Prom./coprom.: Prof. Dr. J.G.M. de Bruijn, dr B.W.J.H. Penninx, dr. J.H. Smit & prof. dr. R. van Dyck.

Raadt, J.B. de (2009, December 10). Contested constitutions: Constitutional design, conflict and change in post-communist East Central Europe. VU Vrije Universiteit (238 pag.) (Amsterdam: Vrije Universiteit). Prom./coprom.: prof. dr. J.E. Keman & Dr. A.P.M. Krouwel.

Roeland, J.H. (2009, September 10). Selfation: Dutch evangelic youth between subjectivization an subjection. VU Vrije Universiteit (239 pag.) (Amsterdam: Vrije Universiteit). Prom./coprom.: prof. dr. A. van Harskamp & prof. dr. A.F. Droogers.

Schakel, A.H. (2009, June 29). A postfunctionalist theory of regional government. An inquiry into regional authority and regional policy provision. VU Vrije Universiteit (273 pag.) (Amsterdam / Veenendaal: Universal Press). Prom./coprom.: prof. dr. G.W. Marks & prof. dr. E.A.E.B. Hooghe.

Soons, J.P.M. (2009, November 10). Love, life and happiness. A study of partner relationships and well-being in young adulthood. VU Vrije Universiteit (181 pag.) (Amsterdam: Aksant). Prom./coprom.: prof. dr. A.C. Liefbroer & M. Kalmijn.

Tasew, B. (2009, December 14). Metaphors of peace and violence in the folklore discourses of South-Western Ethiopia: A comparative study. VU Vrije Universiteit (370 pag.). Prom./coprom.: prof.dr J. Abbink.

Vliegenthart, A. (2009, September 17). Transnational forces and corporate governance regulation in postsocialist Europe. VU Vrije Universiteit (194 pag.) (Amsterdam). Prom./coprom.: prof. dr. H.W. Overbeek & dr. A. Nolke.

Wijk, J.J. van (2009, March 27). Moving beyond heroes and winners: Institutional entrepreneurship in the outbound tour operations field in the Netherlands, 1980-2005. VU Vrije Universiteit (255 pag.). Prom./coprom.: prof. dr. T. Elfring, dr. ir. F.G.A. de Bakker & dr. F. den Hond.

2008

Berhe, A. (2008, September 02). A political history of the Tigray people's liberation front (1975-1991): Revolt, ideology and mobilisation in Ethiopia. VU Vrije Universiteit (Amsterdam). Prom./coprom.: prof.dr J. Abbink & prof.dr. C.S. Clapham.

Cohen de Lara, E. (2008, Augustus 18). The lawgiver and the physician: Medical imagery in Plato's laws. University of Notre Dame (201 pag.) (Ann Arbor MI: Proquest UMI Dissertation Publishing). Prom./coprom.: prof. V. Hösle, C. Zuckert, M. Zuckert & M. Keys.

Gool, S.M. van (2008, March 06). Untouchable bureaucracy: Unrepresentative bureaucracy in a North Indian state. Universiteit Leiden (367 pag.) ( Eigen beheer; onder embargo). Prom./coprom.: prof.dr. Th.A.J. Toonen & dr. F. de Zwart.

Heuvel, J.H.M. van den (2008, June 04). Between Optimism and Opportunism. Deconstructing 'African Management' Discourse in South Africa. VU Vrije Universiteit (446 pag.) (Amsterdam: Eigen beheer). Prom./coprom.: prof. dr. H. Dahles, prof.dr. C.S. Waal & dr. H. Wels.

Horst, G.C.H. ter (2008, October 10). Weaving into Cambodia. Trade and Identity Politics in the (post)-Colonial Cambodian Silk Weaving Industry. VU Vrije Universiteit (303 pag.) (Amsterdam: Eigen beheer). Prom./coprom.: prof. dr. H. Dahles, prof. dr. O.J.H.M. Salemink & dr. J.G.G.M. Kleinen.

Koning, M.J.M. de (2008, April 17). Zoeken naar een 'zuivere' islam. Geloofsbeleving en identiteitsvorming van jonge Marokkaanse moslims. VU Vrije Universiteit (Amsterdam: Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology, VU University). Prom./coprom.: prof. dr. A.F. Droogers & dr. E.A.C. Bartels.

Lasthuizen, K.M. (2008, November 27). Leading to integrity: Empirical research into the effects of leadership on ethics and integrity. VU Vrije Universiteit (235 pag.) (Enschede: Printpartners Ipskamp). Prom./coprom.: prof. dr. L.W.J.C. Huberts.

Miklin, E. (2008, June 09). Nationales Interesse oder individuelle Ideologie? Die Rolle des Links-Rechts Schemas im EU-Ministerrat am Beispiel der Dienstleistungsrichtlinie. Universiteit van Wenen (311 pag.) (Wenen). Prom./coprom.: prof.dr. W.C. Mueller.

Noort, G. van (2008, Mei 15). Bricks versus clicks: A self-regulation perspective on consumer responses in online and conventional shopping environments. VU Vrije Universiteit (130 pag.) (Ridderkerk: Ridderprint). Prom./coprom.: prof. dr. J. Kleinnijenhuis, dr. P. Kerkhof & dr B.M. Fennis.

Reci, I. (2008, December 05). Unemployed and Scarred for Life? Longitudinal analyses of how unemployment and policy changes affect re-employment careers and wages in the Netherlands, 1980-2000. VU Vrije Universiteit (251 pag.) (Amsterdam: in eigen beheer). Prom./coprom.: prof. dr. H.B.G. Ganzeboom, Prof. Dr. J.G.M. de Bruijn & Dr. M.C. Mills.

Reijn, L. (2008, January 25). Identity at work. Control and commintment in postburaucratic organisations. VU Vrije Universiteit (194 pag.) (Amsterdam: Eigen beheer). Prom./coprom.: prof. dr. M.B. Veenswijk & dr. S.B. Ybema.

Stam, W. (2008, June 03). Does networking work?: A study of social capital and performance among new ventures in the Dutch open source software industry. VU Vrije Universiteit (206 pag.) (Amsterdam: FSW Ipskamp). Prom./coprom.: prof. dr. T. Elfring, dr. G.G. van de Bunt & prof. dr. P. Groenewegen.

Supriyono, A. (2008, Mei 06). Buruh pelabuhan semarang: pemogokan-pemogokan pada zaman kolonial Belanda, revolusi dan republik 1900-1965. VU Vrije Universiteit (Amsterdam). Prom./coprom.: prof. dr. H.A. Sutherland & dr. G.J. Knaap.

Vis, B. (2008, Mei 13). Biting the bullet or steering clear? Politics of (not-) unpopular welfare state reform in advanced capitalist democracies. VU Vrije Universiteit (239 pag.) (Amsterdam: PrintPartners Ipskamp). Prom./coprom.: prof. dr. J.E. Keman & prof. dr. C.J. van Kersbergen.

Vugt, H.C. van (2008, June 25). Embodied agents from a user's perspective. VU Vrije Universiteit (196 pag.) (Ridderkerk: Ridderprint). Prom./coprom.: prof. dr. J. Kleinnijenhuis, dr G.C. van der Veer, dr. J.F. Hoorn & dr. E.A. Konijn.

Wal, Z. van der (2008, June 19). Value solidity: Differences, similarities and conflicts between the organizational values of government and business. VU Vrije Universiteit (256 pag.) (Amsterdam: VU University / Zeger van der Wal). Prom./coprom.: prof. dr. L.W.J.C. Huberts & dr. G. de Graaf.

Wiepking, P. (2008, April 21). For the love of mankind: A sociological study on charitable giving. VU Vrije Universiteit (164 pag.) (Utrecht: Labor Grafimedia bv). Prom./coprom.: prof. dr. T.N.M. Schuyt & I. Maas.

Wigger, A. (2008, June 19). Competition for Competitiveness: The Politics of the Transformation of the EU Competition Regime. VU Vrije Universiteit (387 pag.) (Amsterdam: Rozenberg Publishers). Prom./coprom.: prof. dr. H.W. Overbeek & dr. A. Nolke.